10th grade Poetry

What is the main theme of Villanelle by Michael Luis Medrano?

• The importance of being brave

• The importance of family

• The will to live on

• Overcoming your greatest fears

"The Mortician closed the coffin on the body," is an example of what?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Rhyme

• Figurative Language

"Como un hombre, he would say / Jesús José Medrano went away" The last two words in each line represent what?

• Figurative Language

• Allusion

• Simile

• Rhyme

What can we best infer about the relationship between the grandfather and his sons in these lines "My grandfather, farmworker among grapes, /

measured a man tying vines in his teens"

• The grandfather was a cruel man

• The grandfather greatly cared for his sons

• The grandfather was hard on his kids

• The grandfather loved grapes

What is the main theme of "Autobiography of Eve?"

• Women should not wear whatever they want

• Women have a hard time

• Women should be free and independent

• Women caused the downfall of humanity

"I stood alone in terror at the threshold /

between Paradise and Earth" What's the terror that she is describing?

• The journey to hell she has to endure for defying God

• The snakeskin she was forced to wear

• Her leap toward Heaven

• The decision to be indepedent

At the end of "Autobiography of Eve," is the woman happy she made her choice?

• Yes she is happy that she is free.

• She has some doubts

• Sad because she fell from grace

• Terrified at this new world she chose

The main theme of "If" is what?

• The virtues of being independent

• The power of being humble

• The positive traits of manhood

• The insecurities that some people have

"If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, /

Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch" According to these lines, what is a good trait for a man to have and a bad trait for men to avoid?

• Patience; avoid anger

• Calmness; avoid violence

• humility; avoid arrogance

• bravery; avoid cowardiness

"If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, /

But make allowance for their doubting too" These two lines promote what?

• Confidence, yet listen to other people's advice

• Rationality, yet be patient

• Anger, yet be humble

• Calmness, yet allow other people to be emotional